Water-distributing device.



J. H. GLAUBER. WATER DISTRIBUTING DEVICE. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 21,1912.

I 1 ,O6 6,1O4;. Patented July 1, 1913.

JOSEPH H. GLAUBER, CLEVELAND, OHIO.

WATER-DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1913.

Application filed. March 21, 1912. Serial No. 685,140.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr H. GLAUBER, citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in ater-DistributingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention comprises a valve or other water-distributing device havingan improved guard at its intake end, the primary object of which is toprevent eels, small fish, or floating matter from entering and cloggingthe water passage. Various devices have heretofore been employed for thesame purpose, but my invention differs therefrom in improvements whichmaterially strengthen the guard and make it more convenient andeconomical to manufacture and also more effective for the accomplishmentof the object for which it is primarily designed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a valveembodying my improved guard, and Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3is a sectional view centrally through the valve and guard, and Fig. a isa cross section of the guard alone, on line I4@, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is aside view and Fig. 6 a cross section of a modified form of guard. Fig. 7is a cross section of a guard having features in common with theforegoing devices, but not corrugated.

As illustrated, the valve 2 with which my improved guard 3 isincorporated, is of a common type having a plug 4 with a water-way inline with the water passage 5 within the threaded extremities 6 and 7,respectively. Extremity 7 is the intake or tap end which screws into theside of the main or service-pipe P, and the guard 3 is located at thisend of the valve, being either removably mounted or permanently affixedtherein. As shown the guard is a separate removable member screwed intoextremity 7, but it may be cast integrally therewith or solderedthereto. Guard 3 is portrayed as a hollow thimble having a closed end 8and open side walls comprising a series of parallel annular ribs 9 whichare spaced apart by relatively narrow cross slots 10. These slots mustbe relatively narrow to guard against the entrance of eels or small fishand are therefore preferably produced by cutting or machinin the bodyinstead of being cast therein. ough or ragged edges accumulate and holdmatter which easily clogs up narrow slots, but machining gives smoothand finished faces to the slots and minimize troubles of this nature. Onthe other hand, the use of narrow slotsrequires an ample number thereofto provide a large intake, which ordinarily tends to lengthen theguards, but it is also desirable to limit the length of the guard sothat it will not project too far into the service pipe and offer a largesurface for catching passing matter. Briefly, a short guard havingnumerous slots is preferred, which I obtain by cutting the slots 10 veryclosely together, leaving a relatively small amount of stock in theribs. Narrow or light ribs 9, on the other hand, are easily bent out ofplace or broken during installation or by rough handling or in shipment,and therefore, must be properly reinforced, which I accomplish byconnecting them together by longitudinal ribs or bars 11, located eitherinternally or externally, but preferably internally as internal barspermit convenient machining and slotting from the outside, an essentialfactor in economical production. The guard is also preferably corrugatedlongitudinally to give greater strength and to furnish a series ofexternal longitudinal waterways 14 which supplement the transverse slotsto take in water. Furthermore, it may be noted that the connecting ribsor bars 11 for the transverse ribs 9 form the base of the corrugations,the transverse slots being out only part way through the corrugations,whereby a guard of this kind may be made of either cast or drawn metal.The aggregate area of opening afforded by the slots 10 and externalwater-ways 1a is approximately equal to or greater than the diametricalarea of passage 5, making the guard comparatively short and strong andvery effective for the purpose intended.

In Figs. 5 and 6, the guard 3 embodies a larger number of corrugationsthan the guard 3 shown in Figs. 1 to 4, and is slightly modified inother particulars but without material change in the essential featureswhich bear the same reference numerals.

In Fig. 7 a guard 3 is shown which is not corrugated but otherwisesubstantially identical to the guard shown in Fig. 5.

WVhat I claim is:

1. A water distributing device having a guard at its intake endcomprising a hollow body rounded at one end and open at its other endand provided with external ribs and grooves extending longitudinally tothe extreme ends thereof, said ribs having numerous narrow cross slotsintermediate the ends of said body.

2. A guard for water distributing devices comprising a thiinble havingrelatively close and deep corrugations longitudinally thereof, the outerprojecting corrugated portions being provided with machined cross slots.

3. A water-distributing device having an intake in combination with aguard at said intake comprising a hollow body corrugated JOSEPH H.GLAUBER.

lVitnesses:

E. M. FISHER, R. B. MosER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

